Cafe au Lait (Coffee With Milk)
From The table, 1889
Serves 6
Do not boil the milk.
Presented as published in 1889. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 326. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Cafe au Lait (Coffee With Milk).— Have a clean French coffee- filter ready on the hot range ; place in it four and a half ounces of freshly ground coffee, as for No. 1349; then gradually pour over it, all around, half a pint of boiling water; let rest for three minutes, then gradually pour over two pints and a half more of boiling water (taking special care that, under no circumstances, should it be allowed to boil again after the water has been poured over). When all dripped down, pour it into a hot coffee-pot. Take three pints of good, freshly and thoroughly heated milk
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